Bale-tie.



D. MARGLIUS.

Patented Nov.3, 1908.

ATTUHNEYS DAVID MARGOLIUS, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

B ALE -TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed April 28, 1908. Serial No. 429,630.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvID MARGOLIUS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Bale-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in bale ties, more especially such ties as are employed on cotton bales, the improved feature residing primarily in the connection between the ends` of the tie. lt is customary to re-use an old tie which has been used around bales of cotton. This is ordinarily done by riveting pieces of different length together to make` a full length tie` usually about eleven. and one-half feet long. In taking the new tie -fronl the bale at the cotton mill it is cut in two in order to release the cotton, and this cut leaves the tie too short to be used again without having a piece attached. In the ordinary methods of riveting the pieces of the tie together the edges are left sharp and ragged, the same as they happen to be cut, and it is very objectionable for the gins to use this pieced tie, as when slipping the same through the cotton press around the bale, the angular or ragged edges catch either on the woodwork of the press or against the bagging and so delays the packing operation.

It is my purpose to make a fastening between the overlapping ends of the tie in such a` manner that the tic will not catch in the press. This l do by rounding oif the overlapping ends jineparatory to riveting or otherwise securing them together, and providing a raised protuberance, as a bead, in the tie immediately in front of each end, said protuberances serving as a guard for the rounded edges.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parte in all the views.

Fivure l is a perspective view of one end of a bale of cotton having my improved tie applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan of the connection between the ends of the tie; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Preparatory to riveting or otherwise joining the overlapping ends of the tie 5, each of said ends is rounded, as indicated at 6, preferably by punching, to remove the ragged edges and corners and thus rendering these parts less likely to engage when the tie is slipped in the press. The ends are lhen overlapped and preferably joined together by a rivet 7.

eaddike protnberances 8 are formed in the tie at opposite sides thereof, and are so arranged as to be raised in'nnediately in front of the respective rounded and overlapping ends, thus forming guards therefor which operate to prevent engagement of these ends when the tie is being slipped, in which case when the protuberance strikes a projecting edge or point it rides over the same and in so doing moves it ont of the path of the rounded edge.

The invention is obviously applicable not only in oining the ends of new ties, but also in joining one or more pieces of an old tie together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A bale tie having overlapping ends riveted together, and beads carried by the tie at opposite sides thereof, respectively adjacent to said ends, and providing a guard therefor.

2. A bale tic having overlapping ends secured together, and beads stamped from opposite sides of the tie, respectively adjacent to said ends, and providing a guard therefor.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID MARGOLIUS.

Witnesses:

I. MAnooLiUs, A. B. SELDNER. 

